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This website gives access to soil degradation assessments by country based on the GLASOD survey carried out during the 1980's by UNEP and ISRIC. Data on soil degradation have been linked with population numbers and densities in the mapping units. For each country the extent of each severity class of soil degradation and the associated population numbers (LandScan 2000) in the area mapped are given. More details on soil degradation assessments are included in the document below. More maps on the type and causes of soil degradation are available on the TERRASTAT CD ROM. Background Document 'Soil Degradation Assessment"

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IMPORTANT: The maps presented here are derived from regional maps at an original scale of 1:10 000 000 and hence have a very low reliability particularly in small countries. The estimates of the extent affected are very rough estimates and should not be used as precise measured data. National authorities concerned with land degradation are urged to update and refine the present estimates and mapping.

 

 
Severity Mapped Mapped
(km2)		 Population Population % Population density Wasteland
(km2)		 Infrequent
(km2)		 Common
(km2)		 Frequent
(km2)		 Very frequent
(km2)		 Dominant
(km2)		 Degraded
(km2)		 Degraded %
None 81.8 8,041,457 8,518,592 28.1 1.06 8,041,457 - - - - - 0 0.00
Light 2.8 278,995 6,574,356 21.7 23.56 - 6,442 1,705 - - - 8,147 0.08
Moderate 4.3 419,151 10,581,676 35.0 25.25 - - 3,499 67,575 - - 71,074 0.72
Severe 2.0 192,358 4,465,576 14.8 23.21 - - - 29,388 10,181 - 39,569 0.40
Not Classified 9.2 903,293 132,532 0.4 0.15 903,293 - - - - - 0 0.00
TOTALS 100.0 9,835,254 30,272,732 100.0 3.08 8,944,750 6,442 5,204 96,963 10,181 0 118,790 1.21

 

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